The proposed One Lake project would destroy 1,500 acres of Jackson-area wetlands that we will never get back. Wetlands are among the most valuable ecosystems on the plant. According to a recent study, the economic value of the ecological services provided by wetlands is $5,582/acre/year. -A bottomland hardwood swamp can remove the same amount of pollutants as a $5 million water treatment plant. -Wetlands function like natural sponges, storing water and slowly releasing it, reducing flood heights, allowing for groundwater recharge, and slowing the water's erosive potential. Maintaining only 15% of a watershed in wetlands can reduce flood peaks as much as 60%. Wetlands can reduce flood damage by $8,000/acre/year by absorbing stormwater. An acre of wetlands can store 1-1.5 million gallons of floodwater. -Two thirds of all fish consumed worldwide are dependent on wetlands at some stage in their cycle.-The cost saving for removal of carbon from the atmosphere is $2 of damage prevention annually per ton of carbon removed. Wetlands are estimated to store between 81 and 216 metric tons of carbon per acre. -Wetlands are home to 31% of our plant species.-Wetlands are some of the most biologically productive natural ecosystems in the world, comparable to rain forests. and coral reefs in their productivity and diversity of species.-Up to 50% of North American bird species nest or feed in wetlands.These wetlands belong to all of us and to our future generations, not to the One Lake developers. Learn more here: https://www.pearlriverkeeper.com/one-river-no-lake.htmlSources: EPA and the Conservation Fund (https://valuewetlands.tamu.edu/…/wetland-ecological-benefi…/)